Meryl Streep talks sexting, becoming a gay icon — ‘I just can't remember when LGBT people were not in my life’

Meryl Streep found out she was considered a gay icon when she heard about “Streep Tease” performance of gay men performing her monologues.

Meryl Streep found out she was considered a gay icon in 2012, two years into the "Streep Tease" performance of gay men performing her monologues.

But the two-time Emmy winner, five-time GRAMMY nominee and three-time Oscar winner says she was involved in the gay community long before that.

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"I just can't remember when LGBT people were not in my life. You know, gosh. My piano teachers when I was 11 and 12 were two gay men in a little town in New Jersey who had a collection of Mexican art and pinatas and silver lantern covers, and their house was wonderful, not like anybody else's house in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey," Streep told Pride Source.

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"I was coming to movies sort of sideways from the theater. I got an early movie and I thought, 'Well, this is a one-off; they'll never ask me again,'" the "Florence Foster Jenkins" star said.

"I was fine with that. I was happy in the theater. And in the theater I had lots of gay friends and my longtime collaborator Roy Helland is gay. I've grown up with gay people and been in love with gay people."

Streep called the 2003 miniseries "Angels in America" about the AIDS epidemic "an important piece of history." (HBO/Youtube)

The legendary actress wouldn't go as far as naming her dream co-star for another gay role, but identified the 2003 miniseries "Angels in America" about the AIDS epidemic as one of her most pivotal roles.

"To me, I mean, 'Angels' is such an important piece of history, and I felt really lucky to be part of that because I don't think there was anything like it before," Streep told Pride Source. "It really felt like being at the Democratic National Convention in the moment that Hillary shattered the glass ceiling — a big deal."

"'The Hours' was important too. And of course I got to kiss Allison Janney, which was a perk!"

The "Devil Wears Prada" star also discussed her learning curve with technology.

"Somebody told me that I Snapchatted," the 67-year-old actress told Pride Source, "but I don't know how to Snapchat and I thought it was the thing that you do when you're sexting sort of and then you want it to be erased."